Congestion

Congestion costs the UK economy billions of pounds every year. As town centre roads become more congested, will local authorities look towards London’s Congestion Charge model as an effective means to reduce traffic levels, or will they explore alternative methods such as consolidation hubs, or retimed deliveries?

Clean Air Better Business (CABB) has launched a practical toolkit to enable local authorities, businesses and freight operators to understand what measures they can take to reduce emissions from their freight activities in the capital. Organisations are encouraged to assess […]

UPS is undertaking a series of delivery projects in major cities worldwide to tackle the congestion, air quality and logistical challenges associated with the increase of people moving to urban areas. The global parcel firm’s latest corporate sustainability report said […]

Bala Ganesh, senior director of marketing for the US 2020 Team at UPS, blogs about how future logistics models need to adapt to cope with surging city populations. We need a new model of logistics to ensure those city dwellers […]

A series of sustainable urban transport studies will take place as part of the latest phase of the EU co-funded CIVITAS initiative. CIVITAS – which takes its name from city, vitality and sustainability – was launched in 2002 to help […]

Industry experts and top academics heading up successful urban logistics projects from across Europe will be speaking at the inaugural Freight in the City Expo this autumn. Driving down harmful emissions will be the focus of seminars in the ‘Clean’ […]

Ian Caminsky, CEO of InPost UK, explains why he believes automated, click and collect locker boxes could be an effective way to reduce the amount of delivery vehicles in city centres as the online sales sector continues to expand. “The […]

London goods operators are five times more likely to receive a parking ticket in London than anywhere else in the UK, according to a Freight Transport Association (FTA) survey. Data from 85 companies that were issued between them a total […]

Transport for London (TfL) yesterday (22 July) announced a series of measures for freight operators, businesses, manufactuers and local authorities to boost uptake of low-emission goods vehicles in the capital. In its Ultra Low Emission Vehicle Delivery Plan, TfL said […]

A series of last-mile logistics schemes trialled successfully across north-west Europe can be shared and rolled out across UK cities with little or no adaption cost, according to researchers. The LaMiLo project – which stands for last-mile logistics – was […]

The inaugural Freight in the City Expo is already attracting major industry manufacturers looking to demonstrate how fleets can be made, cleaner, safer and more efficient in their urban delivery operations. Daf, Volvo, Isuzu and Iveco will be bringing along […]